Example sentences of "[be] off on [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We 're off on a call — hold the fort , eh ? |
| 2 | Julian 's changed his shirt again and we 're off on the most challenging trip of this home recording trilogy . |
| 3 | lets hope old Syd is back bowling very soon … we 're off on the trail to South America now for one of the most demanding and torturous sporting trials of all … |
| 4 | That was , that was the only thing I , I thought well if I get off to the wrong start , you 're off on the wrong start completely so yes I , I concede that I was nervous at the , at the beginning . |
| 5 | ‘ So you are off on an escapade . |
| 6 | Nobody , least of all the press corps plane-spotting outside Incirlik air base , believed the first official tale : that the waves of American aircraft returning with their bomb pods empty had been off on a training exercise . |
| 7 | The Highlands and Islands may soon be off on a spending spree to boost its amenities and infrastructure with European millions . |
| 8 | The Germans are just over the river there — I 'm off on a recce directly — and I have n't time to muck about . |
| 9 | Tomorrow I 'm off on a very exciting two-week journey to the central plains of Venezuela , the Llanos . |
| 10 | Tomorrow I 'm off on a very exciting two-week journey to the central plains of Venezuela , the Llanos . |
| 11 | They were off on a collision course with the beaten snow , their equipment and one another . |
| 12 | And when I confessed the other day in the King 's Head that we were off on a trip to Dartington , there were cynical smiles . |
| 13 | She and Sebastian were off on a long honeymoon , to spend two months in Tuscany in an old farmhouse belonging to friends of Deborah and Stephen : it was temporarily in need of a caretaker . |
| 14 | It might suggest that all bets were off on the release stakes or , ever hopeful , it might be that they were planning on letting us go and did n't want us to be able to give any hint , however vague , as to the whereabouts of the Yanks . |
| 15 | He is off on a stravaig past Atholl , looking for cheap horses . |
| 16 | HELEN THOMAS IS OFF ON A GLObetrot next year — she has been selected to take part in an Operation Raleigh exercise and Guinness has agreed to contribute towards her expenses . |
| 17 | Dr Apps is off on an expedition of a lifetime to the Arctic Circle next month and three chocolate bars are part of his daily diet . |
| 18 | ‘ Elsie 's off on a coach trip , ’ Ma said , ‘ just booked up , she says . |
| 19 | ‘ I mean , I 'm very pleased she 's off on a holiday with her friend , but I was looking forward to spending some time with her … ’ |
| 20 | She 's off on a cruise at the moment . ’ |
| 21 | Then you get so drunk that he steals your cab and he 's off on the loose once more . ’ |
| 22 | And when she 's off on the piste she 'll doubtless miss the Press lads following her around calling her an idle good-for-nothing . |
| 23 | THE business worked by magic — until Musgrave donned his only clean suit , the infallible sign that he was off on a call to Lord Glenconner or Sir Michael Culmne-Seymour , who used to bail him out to the tune of £50 or £100 . |
| 24 | He was determined to let the clan see they 'd made no mistake in choosing him , and was off on a round of visits to all the main families , to impress them with his strength and intelligence , good sense and good humour . |
| 25 | It 's nothing , I was off on a track of my own for a moment . |
| 26 | He had a bag with him , a small suitcase really , so I asked if he was off on a late holiday . |
| 27 | I thought I was off on the usual , rather tedious type of assignment ! |